Knoxville Senior AdvisorThe Lantern at Morning Pointe Alzheimer's Center at 155 Morning Pointe Drive, Lenoir City is an assisted-care living facility licensed by the Tennessee Health Facilities Commission under ACLF license #362 for 49 residents; the entire building is reported as secured memory care, and the license runs through May 7, 2027.
What license does The Lantern at Morning Pointe Alzheimer's Center hold in Tennessee?
The HFC record shows an active ACLF license, #362, for 49 beds at 155 Morning Pointe Drive, expiring May 7, 2027.
| Field | From the state record |
|---|---|
| HFC license | Assisted-care living facility #362 |
| Licensed capacity | 49 beds |
| Secured memory care beds | 49 |
| Adult day care beds | None reported |
| Current license expires | May 7, 2027 |
| Original licensure | May 7, 2012 |
| Most recent survey on the HFC listing | January 22, 2025 |
| Disciplinary actions on the HFC listing | 0 |
| County | Loudon County |
| Managed by (per HFC) | Senior Care Associates, LLC, Ooltewah TN |
The license is renewed every year on the anniversary of its first issue in 2012, so the expiration date above should roll forward annually.
Is The Lantern at Morning Pointe Alzheimer's Center a big or small assisted living building by Loudon County standards?
At 49 licensed beds, The Lantern at Morning Pointe Alzheimer's Center ranks 3rd of 6 licensed ACLFs in Loudon County, a mid-sized buildings, and holds about 14% of the county's licensed assisted living beds.
Across all seven counties the middle-sized ACLF has 70 beds. Size cuts both ways: a bigger building tends to offer more activities and staff depth, a smaller one fewer handoffs and quieter halls. Ask how many residents share each aide on the day shift and at night.
When was The Lantern at Morning Pointe Alzheimer's Center last surveyed by the state?
State surveyors' latest visit on record at The Lantern at Morning Pointe Alzheimer's Center is dated January 22, 2025, roughly 21 months back.
Tennessee's ACLF rule calls for an unannounced visit within 15 months of the last one, so this date is older than the cycle. Public listings are sometimes updated late; ask the administrator for the most recent statement of deficiencies and the plan of correction that answered it.
This listing is newer than the seven-county median of 38 months.
Is there a secured unit for wandering residents at The Lantern at Morning Pointe Alzheimer's Center?
Yes. The October 2026 bed report credits The Lantern at Morning Pointe Alzheimer's Center with 49 secured beds, which is its full licensed capacity; Tennessee treats a secured unit as a distinct area where residents are deliberately kept from leaving except as fire safety requires.
Because the unit is locked, the state adds safeguards: a three-person admission evaluation (physician, registered nurse and a family member or advocate), quarterly reviews, a daily staffing record and a round-the-clock awake attendant on the unit itself. Read the full secured-unit rules.
Is there any state enforcement on file for The Lantern at Morning Pointe Alzheimer's Center?
No disciplinary action is listed: the HFC record for The Lantern at Morning Pointe Alzheimer's Center shows none, and it is not named in the state's Facility Action and Abuse Reports from January 2025 onward.
Penalty orders are kept for serious or repeated problems. Ordinary findings stay in the survey file, so request the latest one before you sign anything.
Which hospitals and alternatives are close to The Lantern at Morning Pointe Alzheimer's Center in Lenoir City?
The nearest other licensed ACLF is Morning Pointe of Lenoir City in Lenoir City (same ZIP by straight line, 66 beds, 0 secured), and the closest acute-care hospital is Covenant Health Fort Loudoun at about 0.0 miles.
| Facility | Miles (straight line) | Licensed beds | Secured / Alzheimer's beds | Last state survey | HFC disciplinary actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morning Pointe of Lenoir City 198 Morning Pointe Drive, 37772 | 0.0 | 66 | 0 | 06/17/2025 | 2 |
| Autumn Care II, LLC 136 Canton Hollow Road, 37934 | 6.0 | 56 | 0 | 03/08/2023 | 1 |
| Autumn Care III, LLC 400 Herron Road, 37934 | 6.0 | 79 | 0 | 02/07/2022 | 0 |
| Avenir Memory Care at Knoxville 901 Concord Road, 37934 | 6.0 | 62 | 62 | 04/04/2023 | 1 |
| NHC Place, Cavette Hill 121 Cavette Hill Lane, 37934 | 6.0 | 64 | 0 | 04/18/2023 | 0 |
The closest Medicare-certified nursing homes are NHC HealthCare, Farragut (6.4 mi, CMS 5 of 5) and River Grove Health and Rehabilitation (8.1 mi, CMS 2 of 5).
Mileage uses ZIP-code centers, so two buildings in one ZIP show as the same spot; drive times along Kingston Pike, Alcoa Highway or I-40 can be much longer than the straight line.
Which questions does The Lantern at Morning Pointe Alzheimer's Center's record raise?
Begin with the questions the public record itself raises: the listed survey is 21 months old: ask for the newest statement of deficiencies and its plan of correction.
- Find out whether pills are passed by nurses or by certified medication aides, and who checks their work.
- Ask how quickly a call button is answered at 3 a.m., and how the building measures it.
- Ask to see the secured unit's daily staffing record and the date of each resident's last quarterly review.
- Ask whether the community contracts with TennCare CHOICES plans for assisted care services, and the room-and-board rate if so.
- Ask for the written disclosure of liability insurance and the medication disposal policy, both required before admission.
